Patents by Inventor Toshiro Hiraoka

Toshiro Hiraoka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20100156732
    Abstract: An antenna device arranged around a printed circuit board is provided. The antenna device has an antenna element connected to a feeder circuit provided on the printed board. The antenna device has an isolating material provided between the antenna element and the substrate material. The isolating material is constituted by an insulating substrate material and a plurality of pieces of magnetic material provided on the substrate material Adjacent ones of the pieces of the magnetic material are arranged separate from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naoto ITO, Akihiro Tsujimura, Takashi Amano, Naoyuki Nakagawa, Seiichi Suenaga, Tomoko Eguchi, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20100142091
    Abstract: An information recording/reproducing device includes a recording layer, and a recording circuit which records data to the recording layer by generating a phase change in the recording layer. The recording layer includes a first chemical compound having a spinel structure. The recording layer is AxMyX4 (0.1?x?2.2, 1.0?y?2.0), where A includes one selected from a group of Zn, Cd and Hg, M includes one selected from a group of Cr, Mo, W, Mn and Re, and X includes O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Takayuki TSUKAMOTO, Kohichi Kubo, Chikayoshi Kamata, Takahiro Hirai, Shinya Aoki, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20100142261
    Abstract: An information recording and reproducing apparatus, includes: a stacked structure including an electrode layer and a recording layer; a buffer layer added to the electrode layer; and a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage to the recording layer, produce a phase change in the recording layer, and record information. The recording layer includes a first layer including a first compound having an ilmenite structure represented by AxMyX3 (0.1?x?1.1 and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kohichi KUBO, Chikayoshi Kamata, Takayuki Tsukamoto, Shinya Aoki, Takahiro Hirai, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20100142262
    Abstract: An information recording and reproducing apparatus, includes: a recording layer including a first layer including a first compound, the first compound being a conjugated compound including at least two types of cation elements, at least one selected from the cation elements being a transition element having a d orbit incompletely filled by electrons, a shortest distance between adjacent cation elements being not more than 0.32 nm; a voltage application unit that applies a voltage to the recording layer, produces a phase change in the recording layer, and records information; an electrode layer that applies a voltage to the recording layer; and an orientation control layer provided between the recording layer and the electrode layer to control an orientation of the recording layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takayuki TSUKAMOTO, Kohichi KUBO, Chikayoshi KAMATA, Takahiro HIRAI, Shinya AOKI, Toshiro HIRAOKA
  • Publication number: 20100127235
    Abstract: An information recording/reproducing device includes a recording layer, and a recording circuit which records data to the recording layer by generating a phase change in the recording layer. The recording layer includes a first chemical compound having a spinel structure. The recording layer is AxMyX4 (0.1?x?2.2, 1.0?y?2.0), where A includes one selected from a group of Zn, Cd and Hg, M includes one selected from a group of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta, and X includes O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Takayuki TSUKAMOTO, Kohichi Kubo, Chikayoshi Kamata, Takahiro Hirai, Shinya Aoki, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20100074001
    Abstract: The information recording/reproducing device includes a stacked structure which is comprised of an electrode layer and a recording layer, a buffer layer which contacts with the recording layer and a recording circuit which records data to the recording layer by generating a phase change in the recording layer. The recording layer is comprised of a complex compound having two cations, and one of the cations is a transition element having ā€œdā€ orbit where electrons are incompletely filled. The recording layer is comprised of CuxAyXz (0.1?x?1.1, 0.9?y?1.1, 1.8?z?2.2), and includes a first chemical compound having a delafossite structure. The buffer layer is comprised of one of M3N4, M3N5, MN2, M4O7, MO2 and M2O5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Kohichi Kubo, Takayuki Tsukamoto, Shinya Aoki, Takahiro Hirai, Chikayoshi Kamata, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20100008209
    Abstract: An information recording/reproducing device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a recording layer, and a recording circuit which records data to the recording layer by generating a phase change in the recording layer. The recording layer includes a first chemical compound having one of a Wolframite structure and a Scheelite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takayuki Tsukamoto, Kohichi Kubo, Chikayoshi Kamata, Takahiro Hirai, Shinya Aoki, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20100005045
    Abstract: A situation recognizing apparatus has a situation change detecting unit, being provided with situation information, configured to detect a situation change on the basis of the situation information, a first storage which stores a plurality of situation changes detected by the situation change detecting unit, an input unit which is provided with a user operation, and a second storage which combines the user operation provided to the input unit with the plurality of situation changes stored in the first storage and stores the combined user operation and the situation changes as a unique pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiro Hiraoka, Kazushige Ouchi, Akihisa Moriya, Miwako Doi
  • Publication number: 20100001857
    Abstract: A situation recognizing apparatus has a situation change detecting unit, being provided with situation information, configured to detect a situation change on the basis of the situation information, a first storage which stores the detected situation change, an input unit which is provided with a user operation, and a second storage which combines the user operation provided to the input unit with the situation change stored in the first storage and stores the combined user operation and the situation change as a unique pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Miwako DOI, Toshiro Hiraoka, Hiroki Inagaki, Kazushige Ouchi, Noriaki Oodachi, Tatsuyuki Matsushita, Akihisa Moriya
  • Patent number: 7638382
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a storage apparatus includes preparing a first substrate on which a plurality of row lines are arranged in parallel, preparing a second substrate on which a plurality of column lines are arranged in parallel, dispensing as a droplet a solution, in which particles are dispersed in a solvent, from a solution supply port to which an electric field is applied, toward a surface of the first substrate or a surface of the second substrate, and arranging the surfaces of the first and second substrates to face each other with a gap such that the column lines cross the row lines, thereby making the particles at crossing portions to be movable between the row lines and the column lines facing each other and between the crossing portions adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichi Murooka, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20090130380
    Abstract: A pattern forming material contains a block copolymer or graft copolymer and forms a structure having micro polymer phases, in which, with respect to at least two polymer chains among polymer chains constituting the block copolymer or graft copolymer, the ratio between N/(Nc?No) values of monomer units constituting respective polymer chains is 1.4 or more, where N represents total number of atoms in the monomer unit, Nc represents the number of carbon atoms in the monomer unit, No represents the number of oxygen atoms in the monomer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Koji Asakawa, Toshiro Hiraoka, Yoshihiro Akasaka, Yasuyuki Hotta
  • Patent number: 7517466
    Abstract: A pattern forming material contains a block copolymer or graft copolymer and forms a structure having micro polymer phases, in which, with respect to at least two polymer chains among polymer chains constituting the block copolymer or graft copolymer, the ratio between N/(Nc?No) values of monomer units constituting respective polymer chains is 1.4 or more, where N represents total number of atoms in the monomer unit, Nc represents the number of carbon atoms in the monomer unit, No represents the number of oxygen atoms in the monomer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koji Asakawa, Toshiro Hiraoka, Yoshihiro Akasaka, Yasuyuki Hotta
  • Publication number: 20090034123
    Abstract: There is proposed a nonvolatile information recording and reproducing device with low power consumption and high thermal stability. The information recording and reproducing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a recording layer and a unit for recording information by applying a voltage to the recording layer to generate a state change in the recording layer. The recording layer being configured to include at least a first compound having a hollandite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinya AOKI, Kohichi Kubo, Takayuki Tsukamoto, Chikayoshi Kamata, Takahiro Hirai, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20080239797
    Abstract: There is proposed a nonvolatile information recording/reproducing device with low power consumption and high thermal stability. The information recording/reproducing device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a recording layer, and mechanism for recording information by generating a phase change in the recording layer while applying a voltage to the recording layer. The recording layer is comprised one of a Wolframite structure and a Scheelite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Takayuki Tsukamoto, Kohichi Kubo, Chikayoshi Kamata, Takahiro Hirai, Shinya Aoki, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20080239932
    Abstract: A nonvolatile information recording and reproducing device exhibits low power consumption and high thermal stability. The information recording and reproducing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a recording layer and a unit for recording information by applying a voltage to the recording layer to generate a resistance change to be caused due to a phase change in the recording layer. The recording layer includes a material having a ramsdelite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Chikayoshi KAMATA, Kohichi KUBO, Takayuki TSUKAMOTO, Shinya AOKI, Takahiro HIRAI, Toshiro HIRAOKA
  • Patent number: 7414417
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, a contact sheet for testing electronic parts, comprising an insulating porous layer; and a connection electrode which is disposed on the insulating porous layer and electrically connect the electrode or terminal of the electronic parts and the terminal of a test apparatus; wherein the connection electrode is embedded below at least one main surface of the insulating porous layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoko Yamaguchi, Hideo Aoki, Chiaki Takubo, Toshiro Hiraoka, Yasuyuki Hotta, Shigeru Matake
  • Patent number: 7370412
    Abstract: An electronic device connecting method according to a first aspect of the present invention includes: mounting an electronic device having at least one electrode portion on a sheet-like porous member having a hole therein so that the electrode portion is close to the porous member; selectively irradiating a predetermined region of the porous member, on which the electronic device is mounted, with energy lines to form a latent image in an irradiated or non-irradiated portion of the porous member, the predetermined region including a portion close to the electrode portion; after irradiating with the energy lines, filling a conductive material in a hole of the latent image of the porous member to form a conductive portion; and bonding and integrating the porous member, in which the conductive portion is formed, to and with the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiro Hiraoka, Mitsuyoshi Endo, Naoko Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Hotta, Shigeru Matake, Hideo Aoki, Misa Sawanobori
  • Patent number: 7329458
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wiring member comprising a sheet-like porous substrate provided with a large number of open-cells which are three-dimensionally branched and opened to a first major surface as well as to a second major surface of the porous substrate, and a conductive portion formed on the first major surface of the porous substrate and formed at least partially an inter-penetrating structure together with the porous substrate at an interface of the porous substrate. The apertures of the open-cells on the first major surface have an average diameter and an average number of the apertures, at least one of which is smaller than that of the second major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiro Hiraoka, Yasuyuki Hotta, Shigeru Matake, Misa Sawanobori, Kou Yamada
  • Patent number: 7312621
    Abstract: A semiconductor test unit comprises a test circuit for inputting/outputting a test signal to/from an examined electronic product, a test signal wiring electrically connected to the test circuit, a contact board electrically connected to an electrode of the examined electronic product and provided with an electrically conductive via to which the test signal is transmitted, a multilayer circuit board electrically connected to the conductive via and the test signal wiring, located under the bottom face of the contact board, and provided with at least one through-hole, and a vacuum attachment mechanism for attaching thereto and holding the examined electronic product, the contact board, and the multilayer circuit board by vacuum. The contact board is made of an insulative material, has top and bottom faces, and is provided with at least one through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoko Yamaguchi, Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Hideo Aoki, Toshiro Hiraoka, Yasuyuki Hotta, Shigeru Matake, Misa Sawanobori
  • Patent number: 7306743
    Abstract: A recording medium includes a substrate, and a recording layer formed on the substrate having (a) a recording track band, and (b) recording cells regularly arrayed in the recording track band to form a plurality rows of sub-tracks. The recording cells included in each sub-track are formed apart from each other at a pitch P in the track direction. Nearest neighboring two recording cells, each positioned on adjacent two sub-tracks in the track band, are formed apart from each other at a pitch P/n in the track direction, where 2?n?5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hieda, Masatoshi Sakurai, Koji Asakawa, Toshiro Hiraoka, Katsuyuki Naito